Beverly's Bar

To whom it may concern at The Austin Chronicle,
   I believe The Austin Chronicle covers special events/places/characters in Austin. In this ever-changing town, new commercial development will mark the end of an era in the very southern part of South Congress Avenue. A bar called Beverly´s Bar will be demolished in the next few months. This building has existed there since the turn of the 20th century, virtually unmodified since construction. It was a true cowboy hangout back in the day of horses and is now a biker bar hangout (in essence, the modern cowboys that traded horses for motorcycles). This place used to be called "The Last Chance," as it was the last chance for travelers to have a beer before getting to San Antonio. The Newton boys used to stop there for a beer after robbing banks in Austin. Several movies and video clips (including Willie Nelson’s "Pancho and Lefty") have been shot there due to the uniqueness of the visual environment. It is a true time machine experience as it takes you back to the fiber of American old Western days and to modern American rebels days: a place where old highway bandidos and new Bandidos bikers hang out. The owner of the bar hosted the singing of Janis Joplin when she was a UT student in Austin. There is no place like this anymore in Texas and maybe the USA anymore. If anybody at the Chron is interested in writing an article about this historical place, please do it now before it is too late. You will be recording the history of real marginal counterculture in Austin. The history that you will record will be the only history ever recorded from this dying exceptional place.